Add your signature to the statement of solidarity with the people of Greece backed by trade union leaders, members of Parliament and campaigners published in the Guardian.
The people of Greece face an unprecedented economic and political crisis. They are being driven to poverty and mass unemployment by the demands of the so-called Troika – the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund which has imposed Lucas Papademos, formerly of Vice-President of the ECB, as Prime Minister.
Hospitals in Greece are running out of basic medicines, nearly half of all young people are unemployed, workers in some sectors have not been paid for months, and many are forced to resort to soup kitchens or scavenge from rubbish dumps.
Now the Troika demands a cut of 23% to the minimum wage, the sacking of tens of thousands of public sector workers and the decimation of pensions which have already lost nearly 50% of their value. International capital is asset stripping an entire country and ripping apart its social fabric.
Greece is at the cutting edge of the austerity measures that are being introduced across Europe. All the evidence shows that while these measures may protect the interests of the rich, they just make matters worse for the majority of the population. What happens in Greece today we will see in Portugal tomorrow and in Ireland the day after. In Britain, the Coalition government is pursuing similar measures which will see workers earnings cut, working longer for a smaller pension, and the dismantling of the NHS along with other public services.
Mikis Theodorakis, famous Greek composer of Zorba’s Dance, and Manolis Glezos, veteran resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation, have issued a statement calling for a European Front to defend the people of Greece and all those facing austerity.
The Coalition of Resistance and the People’s Charter have decided to support this call and agreed to work with trades unions, campaigns and parties across Europe to establish a European Solidarity Campaign to defend the people of Greece. The campaign aims to organise solidarity and raise practical support for the people of Greece; they cannot be made to pay for a crisis for which they are not responsible.
We are writing to you to ask you to endorse this campaign and to publicise it to others.
Below is a list of initial signatories. We will be calling an organising meeting for the campaign in the next week.
Greek translation of the statement.
German translation of the statement.
French translation of the statement.
Swedish translation of the statement.
Portuguese translation of the statement
Croatian translation of the statement
Add your name
Initial Signatories
Andrew Burgin – Secretary, Coalition of Resistance
Tony Benn – President, Coalition of Resistance
John Hendy – Co-Chair, People’s Charter
Len McCluskey – General Secretary, UNITE
Mark Serwotka – General Secretary, PCS
Christine Blower, General Secretary NUT
Bob Crow – General Secretary, RMT
Billy Hayes – General Secretary, CWU
Michelle Stanistreet – General Secretary, NUJ
Manuel Cortes – General Secretary, TSSA
Sally Hunt – General Secretary UCU
Matt Wrack – General Secretary, FBU
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Caroline Lucas MP
John McDonnell MP
Tariq Ali – Writer
John Pilger – Broadcaster
Iain Banks – Author
A L Kennedy – Writer
Ken Loach – Film maker
Romayne Phoenix – Chair Coalition of Resistance
Imran Khan – Co Chair People’s Charter
Frank Cooper – President National Pensioners Convention [pc]
Owen Jones
Lee Jasper – BARAC
Paul Mackney – Vice-Chair, Coalition of Resistance (former GS NATFHE/UCU)
Ann Pettifor – New Economics Foundation
James Meadway – Senior Economist, New Economics Foundation
Kate Hudson
Lindsey German
Rachel Newton – Convenor People’s Charter
John Hilary – War on Want
Sean Rilla Razka – President elect ULU
Pete Murry Green Party Trade Union Group
Peter Allen Convenor Green Left
Patrick Sikorski RMT
Chris Bambery
Clare Solomon – co-editor Springtime: The New Student Rebellions
Cherry Sewell – Coalition of Resistance
Cat Boyd – Chair Coalition of Resistance Glasgow
Aaron Kiely – NUS National Executive
Fiona Edwards – Student Broad Left
John Rees – Counterfire
Fred Leplat – Socialist Resistance
International Socialist Group – Scotland
Joseph Healy – Queers Against the Cuts
Heinrich Buecker – Berlin gegen Krieg, (Anti-War Cafe Berlin)
Martin Mayer – UNITE Executive Council member for Passenger Transport
Dr Jack Czauderna – Retired GP
Dr Maureen O’Leary – Retired Consultant Psychiatrist
Signatories
| Name | First | Last | Title / Union / Organisation / Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Rees | Gareth | Rees | |
| Christian Thompson | Christian | Thompson | |
| Holly Rigby Lewenstein | Holly | Rigby Lewenstein | Ms |
| Katharina Landsmann | Katharina | Landsmann | Student, University of Vienna |
| Alexia Papadopoulos | Alexia | Papadopoulos | |
| Maria Nikolakaki | Maria | Nikolakaki | University of Peloponnese |
| John Ingleson | John | Ingleson | Unison / rep |
| Sören Laird Sörries | Sören | Laird Sörries | |
| Henrik Amme | Henrik | Amme | Student |
| Jan Seven | Jan | Seven | |
| Pedro Pereira | Pedro | Pereira | |
| Erik Minne | Erik | Minne | FNV |
| Rachel Clarke | Rachel | Clarke | Collective Theatre Practitioner |
| Georgia McPherson | Georgia | McPherson | |
| Sabine Giailidis | Sabine | Giailidis | Friend of social justice |
| Thomas Groth | Thomas | Groth | |
| Kiriaki Schwartz | Kiriaki | Schwartz | |
| spiridon kuckartz | spiridon | kuckartz | me |
| James Reid | James | Reid | |
| C.F. A.R. | C.F. | A.R. | Social-Worker/Counsellor |
| Steve Tiainen | Steve | Tiainen | |
| Loris Derenčinović | Loris | Derenčinović | Mr |
| Alasdair Ibbotson | Alasdair | Ibbotson | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Maria Manidaki | Maria | Manidaki | |
| Scott Jones | Scott | Jones | Mr / person of the so called free world / things need to change |
| Daniel Palmer | Daniel | Palmer | |
| Gioia Coppola | Gioia | Coppola | |
| Jakki Gillett | Jakki | Gillett | |
| Suresh Kumar Retnasingham | Suresh Kumar | Retnasingham | UnitetheUnion |
| Nicholas Linford | Nicholas | Linford | |
| Andrew Penco | Andrew | Penco | UNISON, University of Wolverhampton Branch Chair |
| Danny Bates | Danny | Bates | |
| Alessio Gennari | Alessio | Gennari | |
| Karen Davies | Karen | Davies | UCU |
| Catherine Craig | Catherine | Craig | SW Regional Secretary/ PCS |
| eileen osmond savdié | eileen | osmond savdié | retired |
| Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick | Ruaraidh | Fitzpatrick | Labour Party – Unite the Union |
| Rhiannon Williams | Rhiannon | Williams | UCU |
| Paul Jackson | Paul | Jackson | Chef |
| Nikos Kapitsinis | Nikos | Kapitsinis | |
| Dante-Gabryell Monson | Dante-Gabryell | Monson | |
| Bernard Regan | Bernard | Regan | NUT, Chair SERTUC International Committee |
| John B Williams | John B | Williams | retired teacher |
| David Evans | David | Evans | Dr |
| Marthe L | Marthe | L | student |
| Sander van Lanen | Sander | van Lanen | Unemployed |
| Hugo Evangelista | Hugo | Evangelista | |
| Saffo Papantonopoulou | Saffo | Papantonopoulou | |
| Steph Patient | Steph | Patient | Teacher |
| Simon Hales | Simon | Hales | Green Party Member |
| Paul Clark | Paul | Clark | Croydon LRC |
| Alexia Latsou | Alexia | Latsou | |
| Martin Lundsteen | Martin | Lundsteen | Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Barcelona |
| anastasia papakiriakou | anastasia | papakiriakou | |
| Vasilianna Panteleon | Vasilianna | Panteleon | Msc Student |
| Alex Vollrath-Smith | Alex | Vollrath-Smith | |
| Tara Fiorito | Tara | Fiorito | MSc. |
| David Simpson | David | Simpson | |
| Sonia Vlachou | Sonia | Vlachou | single mum |
| Moira Rafferty | Moira | Rafferty | NUT |
| Jonathan Kelsey | Jonathan | Kelsey | Student |
| Patricia Roadhouse | Patricia | Roadhouse | |
| Alan Gilchrist | Alan | Gilchrist | Mr |
| maggie shevlane | maggie | shevlane | |
| Alan Jones | Alan | Jones | Unite |
| Kathy Paice | Kathy | Paice | Mrs |
| mike lockey | mike | lockey | retired (ex actt) |
| David Farmer | David | Farmer | |
| Yvonne & Martin Arber | Yvonne & Martin | Arber | Martin (Vice President of Action for ME) Yvonne- Artist |
| Joan and Graham Unsworth | Joan and Graham | Unsworth | Mrs and Mr |
| Judith Hendrick | Judith | Hendrick | Retired |
| Linda Whiston | Linda | Whiston | retired |
| Dan McEwan | Dan | McEwan | Mr/National Union of Teachers |
| Helen Lloyd | Helen | Lloyd | |
| Alistair Kilgour | Alistair | Kilgour | Dr |
| cathleen palmer | cathleen | palmer | |
| Dave Williams | Dave | Williams | Retired |
| Jennie Hamilton | Jennie | Hamilton | |
| Deborah Philips | Deborah | Philips | Professor UCU University of Brighton |
| Nick Ridley | Nick | Ridley | Retired |
| STEPHEN HUNKIN | STEPHEN | HUNKIN | Mr |
| Rees Veronica | Rees | Veronica | Retiree |
| Stephen Farley | Stephen | Farley | PCS National Officer |
| Steven Morris | Steven | Morris | Vice Chair Colne Valley CLP |
| Rod Cuming | Rod | Cuming | amicus |
| Howard W. Hilton | Howard W. | Hilton | Labour Party member, helpless citizen |
| sarah crees | sarah | crees | League for the fifth international |
| Thomas Swilling | Thomas | Swilling | Founder, SENAA International |
| Shaun Askew | Shaun | Askew | BECTU Animation Director |
| Robert Schwartz | Robert | Schwartz | American |
| dimitris mihailidis | dimitris | mihailidis | chief Medical Physicist, charleston radiation therapy |
| Rosa Papadantonaki | Rosa | Papadantonaki | |
| ismael parra | ismael | parra | American Guild of Musical Artists |
| Alix Thim | Alix | Thim | |
| foteini makrygianni | foteini | makrygianni | impreditrice |
| Sara Hayes | Sara | Hayes | Director – SENAA West |
| GODART Corine | GODART | Corine | |
| christina kotsarini | christina | kotsarini | doctor |
| eleni karagkouni | eleni | karagkouni | |
| Costas Giannakenas | Costas | Giannakenas | |
| Per Olsen | Per | Olsen | |
| Matthew Davison | Matthew | Davison | Veteran Advocate USA |
| Jean Hilbrunner | Jean | Hilbrunner | |
| Els Herten | Els | Herten | director KOLA |
| Benjamin Brosig | Benjamin | Brosig | Stockholm University |
| Bob Brister | Bob | Brister | |
| Amy Harlib | Amy | Harlib | |
| John Williams | John | Williams | Socialist Workers Party, DPAC |
| Wanda Ballentine | Wanda | Ballentine | |
| Craig Althage | Craig | Althage | Union Steward at AFSCME Local 1989 |
| Linda Greene | Linda | Greene | |
| Kevin Gallagher | Kevin | Gallagher | |
| Peter Gunther | Peter | Gunther | |
| Lander Vander Linden | Lander | Vander Linden | Adviser, ABVV-FGTB |
| Jenny Kehayia | Jenny | Kehayia | UCLClarence |
| Ian Townson | Ian | Townson | Unison, Queers Against the Cuts |
| Eleni Chourdaki | Eleni | Chourdaki | unemployed |
| Roisin Robertson | Roisin | Robertson | Activist |
| Philippa Jecchinis | Philippa | Jecchinis | |
| Paul Vivian Upson | Paul Vivian | Upson | Mr. / The Free Informal Union of the University of Life! |
| Catherine Boyle | Catherine | Boyle | |
| Georgios Oikonomou | Georgios | Oikonomou | Medical Doctor |
| Brian Jones | Brian | Jones | ASLEF |
| Georgina Holmes | Georgina | Holmes | |
| Tatiana Jarzabek | Tatiana | Jarzabek | Front de Gauche (France) |
| Irene Andriopoulou | Irene | Andriopoulou | None |
| Joanne Landy | Joanne | Landy | Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy |
| Cathrine Aherne-Conroy | Cathrine | Aherne-Conroy | |
| Jeannie Efstathiou | Jeannie | Efstathiou | teacher |
| Billie-jo Moore | Billie-jo | Moore | Housewife |
| Esfandiar MonfaredZadeh | Esfandiar | MonfaredZadeh | Music Composer |
| Mark Baldwin | Mark | Baldwin | University and College Union |
| Graeme Atkinson | Graeme | Atkinson | NUJ/Hope not hate/Spanish Miners’ Solidarity Committee |
| nigel griffith | nigel | griffith | |
| Jeremy Peck | Jeremy | Peck | Mr. UNITE SE/4028 |
| laurel marks | laurel | marks | |
| Joanne Landy | Joanne | Landy | Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy |
| Peter Goodrick | Peter | Goodrick | Unison |
| Russell Scragg | Russell | Scragg | |
| David Cheesman | David | Cheesman | UCU |
| Bill Green | Bill | Green | Hellenophile Trade Unionist |
| achileas theeta | achileas | theeta | visual artist |
| VENDATHAL PREMKUMAR | VENDATHAL | PREMKUMAR | NUT MEMBER, TEACHER |
| Kitty Fitzgerald | Kitty | Fitzgerald | Society of Authors |
| Katherine Bashar | Katherine | Bashar | Mrs |
| Martina Ambelakiotis-Polycarpou | Martina | Ambelakiotis-Polycarpou | European Office Manager |
| Tammy Tsakalios | Tammy | Tsakalios | |
| Chariklia Alexiadou | Chariklia | Alexiadou | MD neurosurgeon |
| Anna GIbson | Anna | GIbson | |
| Hamish Farquharson | Hamish | Farquharson | |
| Lesley Byron | Lesley | Byron | |
| Annie Wells | Annie | Wells | Labour Party, Keep Our NHS Public |
| James Kelly | James | Kelly | Network Engineer |
| Joe Holly | Joe | Holly | Global Labour Institute |
| pamela blakelock | pamela | blakelock | Retired teacher (NUT) |
| Paul Philippou | Paul | Philippou | EIS UCU |
| Howard Newlove | Howard | Newlove | Deputy Chair, Cornwall Anti Cuts Alliance |
| Andrew Sharp | Andrew | Sharp | NUJ |
| Mark Foord | Mark | Foord | Mr / UCU |
| Omar Salem | Omar | Salem | |
| Paul Kelsall | Paul | Kelsall | unison |
| Roel Van Eijsden | Roel | Van Eijsden | jobless man, NETHERLANDS |
| Brian eustice | Brian | eustice | Mr. |
| Arlene Pryce | Arlene | Pryce | NUt |
| Tom Hanley | Tom | Hanley | |
| Victor Prior | Victor | Prior | Chair of Governors |
| David Kay | David | Kay | Mr/NUT/TRC/Teacher |
| Alan David – Pryce | Alan | David – Pryce | retired teacher |
| Paul Eustice | Paul | Eustice | Educational consultant / writer |
| daphne babouris | daphne | babouris | NUT |
| Michelle Kelly Irving | Michelle | Kelly Irving | Researcher |
| Sarah Bentley | Sarah | Bentley | |
| Sejal Shah | Sejal | Shah | |
| Massimo Tomasso | Massimo | Tomasso | |
| Shona McCulloch | Shona | McCulloch | Socialist Party (CWI) / UNISON |
| Pip Tindall | Pip | Tindall | Brighton Benefits Campaign |
| andrea etherington | andrea | etherington | |
| David Harwood | David | Harwood | PCS Trade Union |
| MIrsini Sourvinou | MIrsini | Sourvinou | |
| Kenneth Gallagher | Kenneth | Gallagher | |
| lpete leyden | lpete | leyden | retired was Unsion |
| liana louk | liana | louk | |
| Marie Helene Cadario | Marie Helene | Cadario | consultant |
| Michael harrison | Michael | harrison | UNITE |
| steve ryan | steve | ryan | PCS Wales committee/North Wales against the cuts |
| Brian Carroll | Brian | Carroll | PCS Union Scotish Courts Branch Secretary |
| denise scott | denise | scott | pcs |
| Nektarios Marnellos | Nektarios | Marnellos | Mr |
| Fotini Kiriakidi | Fotini | Kiriakidi | |
| Nick Potamitis | Nick | Potamitis | |
| George Irvin | George | Irvin | Professor, Univ of London, SOAS |
| Lukasz Grabowski | Lukasz | Grabowski | Youth Organisation of Polish Labour Party; 1917.net.pl |
| Stella Marinazzo | Stella | Marinazzo | Mrs |
| Sam Keely | Sam | Keely | |
| Anne Tanner | Anne | Tanner | Labour party UCU (retired) |
| Elena Loizidou | Elena | Loizidou | |
| Evi Michalaki | Evi | Michalaki | |
| Chrysanthi Nigianni | Chrysanthi | Nigianni | Visiting Lecturer University of East London |
| David & Margery robinson | David & Margery | robinson | |
| Jeremy Dewar | Jeremy | Dewar | Lambeth Unison |
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